Genre: VN.
Developer/publisher: Mellow/Entergram
Platform: PS4/5,Switch.
Official Site: https://www.entergram.co.jp/tsukiyori/
Platform: PS4/5,Switch.
Official Site: https://www.entergram.co.jp/tsukiyori/
VNDB: https://vndb.org/v36012/
Release date: 21-12-2023.
I don't play much galge but for some reason I was just drawn to this game.
Idk if that is a good or bad thing but I'll go with good.
I suppose the aesthetic of the game really got to me and I was sold!
This was my chill game the last couple of weeks for when I wasn't in the mood for something else
This isn't a particularly long visual novel its a 25ish hours at minimum.
Also this is a review for the console version and not the PC version.
Pro's
- Decent story and likable charactters.
- Gorgeous artwork and fitting BGM.
- Elle is E.M.T aka Elle Maji Tenshi.
Con's
- Lack of CG, there were places were one would be nice but there was none, especially epilogue.
- Technobabbles galore.
- Not many choices, basically a kinetic novel as there's only one choice to decide a route.
Art was pretty good, I guess it was also this that sorta sold me on this VN.
Music is nothing exceptional some good jams, it generally fits the mood.
System is standard VN stuff, not much to mention here, the UI was comfy
and I could save/load without issues this time. I did notice there aren't really
any choices except for one that will decide which route you will end up on.
I suppose this is nice if you just wanna chill and enjoy the story without
having to worry about any bad ends of which there were none.
There are only three heroines so that means three routes, great for when you don't
want to sit through like 6 routes and have to deal with less relevant characters.
Its kinda really obvious from the get go who the main heroine was, at first she didn't really feel
like she was meant to be a love interest but this got better later on especially her own route.
Story has some light sci-fi elements and is set in the not so distant future.
Sou our protagonist doesn't like androids but they're here to help! much to his distaste.
He was involved in an incident which let him to have to work with Yuuhi and Masakazu
after being caught in the act hacking stuff. Now Sou is cursed with helping them around
in finding a SUSpicious individual who the protagonist also happened to bump into.
I actually liked the first half of the game, the second half was more or less SoL fluff
and the more interesting plot had fallen into the background in favor for romance.
I'm meming now but I like how at the start of the game Sou's like I would never simp for androids
but over the course of the game and at the end of the route its literally at your service my queen.
Anyway I liked how Sou got over his fear, he was also pretty proactive so the only disappointment
is that he doesn't have a full sprite like the girls, I think that really would have added to it.
Thankfully he does have a face! so I guess I will take what I can get here... The pacing of the common route was okay and the story was easy to follow, maybe a bit
too easy to guess certain things but there were hints and some foreshadowing
but it was long and basically the whole main story is the common route+Elle
while the other routes deal only with lingering issues of the other heroines.
The girls themselves were all likable and had their quirk, however romance wasn't really
the topic early on, there was plenty of time to get to know everyone till the second half
which is where the romance started to come in.
There weren't really any routes that felt like they were self-contained as all girls were tied
into the scenario pretty well but the sad fact is that the story was mostly about Elle.
Both Yui and Shirabe are but an after thought. 2045, Tsukiyori is also a VN that focuses on
its scenario first and romance second so one may need to be a little patient.
How do I put this? if you played something like witch on the holy night but wanted it
to have actual romance and like hi-tech stuff then Tsukiyori might be for you.
I like to compare these two VN but that is mostly cuz of them having no real choices yet
in terms of story they are not really that similar at all its more or less in design.
I thought Tsukiyori was also lighthearted but it can have its tense moments
and it wasn't too over the top either, it had a good balance of fluff and seriousness.
The bad part is, it had a lot of dry segments, lack of CG and it wasn't always as engaging
so at times I was bored however it did manage to pick itself up so it wasn't too bad.
Most technobabbles went in one ear and out the other, so I guess half this game wasn't for me.
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| Me after finishing this visual novel... |
Overall its pretty solid but it wasn't particularly great either.
I liked how I was able to get hooked with ease so Mellow did one job right...
sadly I think the transfer from PC to Console wasn't that great and it may feel lacking
as the 18+ scenes have been removed, thankfully whatever romance there is was cute.
I wish the kiss cg's were better since I have seen much better, the quality of Yui and Shirabe
is unacceptable to me in 2024 especially compared to some recent otome games I have played.
I'm glad atleast Elle was great but yea not a good look.
If you wanna get this do it for the plot and Elle but don't expect too much either
like it might be worth it for Elle's route but not full price for other routes.
If you're still on the fence, it has a 4ish hour trial/demo which I found
more than enough to give a player a taste of what it is all about.
Only bad part is the trial can't carry over save data so...
I had to skip a bit to get back to where the demo ended.
Will write a bit about the characters after jump like usual, there will be spoilers
but there won't be a whole digest, the game/route is too long for that.
